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Alaska Steamship alleged amended American-Hawaiian applicable Atlantic ports automobiles Baltimore bills of lading Blue Star Line Calmar cargo carrier by water charges charter COMMIS commodities common carrier Compagnie Generale Transatlantique competition complainant complainant's conference agreement consignee contract cost cotton date hereof defendants delivery filed freight Grace Line Gulf ports handling hereby referred increased Intercoastal Shipping Act Interstate Commerce Interstate Commerce Commission Kabushiki Kaisha less-than-carload loading Luckenbach lumber MARITIME COMMISSION minimum North Atlantic office in Washington operating Orleans Pacific coast parties percent piers pounds practices prejudice proceeding Puerto Rico rail railroad rayon regulations report is hereby respondent's respondents revenue route sailings schedules section 16 ship's tackle shipments shippers Steamship Company Stockton Port storage tariff terminal tion tons trade traffic transportation U. S. M. C. ORDER United States Lines UNITED STATES MARITIME unlawful unreasonable vessels violation of section W. C. PEET Westbound wharfage Yokohama York
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Page 252 - And in order to ascertain that value, the original cost of construction, the amount expended in, permanent improvements, the amount and market value of its bonds and stock, the present as compared with the original cost of construction, the probable earning capacity of the property under particular rates prescribed by statute, and the sum required to meet operating expenses, are all matters for consideration, and are to be given such weight as may be just and right in each case. We do not say that...
Page 7 - Act shall file with the Commission created by this Act and print and keep open to public inspection schedules showing all the rates, fares, and charges for transportation between different points on its own route...
Page 414 - If any general rule can be laid down, in the present state of authority, it is that a corporation will be looked upon as a legal entity as a general rule, and until sufficient reason to the contrary appears: but when the notion of legal entity is used to defeat public convenience, justify wrong, protect fraud, or defend crime, the law will regard the corporation as an association of persons.
Page 257 - The return should be reasonably sufficient to assure confidence in the financial soundness of the utility and should be adequate, under efficient and economical management, to maintain and support its credit and enable it to raise the money necessary for the proper discharge of its public duties.
Page 252 - We hold, however, that the basis of all calculations as to the reasonableness of rates to be charged by a corporation maintaining a highway under legislative sanction must be the fair value of the property being used by it for the convenience of the public.
Page 511 - Appeal from order sustaining a demurrer to the complaint on the ground that it failed to state a cause of action.
Page 612 - That no common carrier by water in foreign commerce shall demand, charge, or collect any rate, fare, or charge which is unjustly discriminatory between shippers or ports, or unjustly prejudicial to exporters of the United States as compared with their foreign competitors.
Page 144 - common carrier by water" means a common carrier by water in foreign commerce or a common carrier by water in interstate commerce on the high seas or the Great Lakes on regular routes from port to port. The term "other person subject to this Act" means any person not included in the term "common carrier by water...
Page 919 - ... separately all terminal charges, storage charges, icing charges, and all other charges which the Commission may require, all privileges or facilities granted or allowed and any rules or regulations which in any wise change, affect, or determine any part or the aggregate of such aforesaid rates, fares, and charges, or the value of the service rendered to the passenger, shipper, or consignee.
Page 587 - ... allotting ports or restricting or otherwise regulating the number and character of sailings between ports; limiting or regulating in any way the volume or character of freight or passenger traffic to be carried; or in any manner providing for an...